Research Rights: Disability Inclusion Change 13-14 June at the University of Sydney.
The conference is being organised by a group which includes
organisations of and for people with disability, and universities and
their research centres.
For more information visit sydney.edu.au/cce/RESR Registration: Call
02 9036 4789
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Christine Bigby, is Leader of the Living with Disability
Research Group, at La Trobe University. Christine has an established
national and international reputation for her research on aging with
a lifelong disability and the social inclusion of adults with
intellectual disability. The focus of her work is policy issues,
program effectiveness and the quality of front line practice to
support engagement and inclusion.
Dr. Sally French is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK
where she teaches health, social care and social science courses. Her
current research interests include the history of disability and the
experiences of disabled people in health and social care. Much of her
work in the area of Disability Studies has its roots in her earlier
work as a care assistant and a physiotherapist and her experiences as
a disabled person.
Dr. Edurne Garcia Iriarte is Director of the M.Sc. in Disability
Studies at the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland. Edurne has worked at both the University of
Illinois at Chicago and the National Institute for Intellectual
Disability, Trinity College Dublin where she has supported people
with disability to join research teams as co-researchers.
Other speakers/panellists who will address the importance of
including people with disability as participants in research include:
Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum: Law School, University of Sydney and
member of the UN Monitoring Committee on the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Senator the Hon. Jan McLucas,Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers; Robert Strike:
President, Self Advocacy Sydney and Director, NSW Council for
Intellectual Disability;
Therese Sands, Executive Director Leadership
Team, People with Disability Australia Inc;
John Walsh, Associate Commissioner to the Productivity Commission;
Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations;
Dr. Ron Chalmers, Director, Disability Services Commission, Western Australia and Chair, National Disability Research and Development
Steering Committee, Disability Policy and Research Working Group.
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phone number: 03 9523 1136
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